ARTICLE SUMMARY
| Title: | New Communication Technologies and Journalism Practice: Changing the Face of Journalism in A Digital Age |
| Author(s): | ONWE Emma Chike |
| Abstract: | It was McLuhan (1960) who muted the idea that electronic media were turning the world into a global village. Then, McLuhan was concerned with the wonders of the magic tube, television. He was amazed by the immediacy and instantaneous transmission of signals via radio and Television waves across distant lands. Little did McLuhan realise that greater wonders lie ahead. With the birth of computer assisted message dissemination dubbed “compunication and telecommunications, the world according to Nwodu (2007) has been further shrunk into global family. Nwodu (2007) further argued that with the introduction of New Communication Technologies (NCTs) like cable broadcasting, internet and social media, local issues easily become subjects of international news, debates and discourses. This he argues is so given that what happened in the remotest part of the world easily compels global attention as a click of button launches the matter into the international domain. The innovation brought by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) do not affect global news flow alone. It also affects various professional practices to which journalism practice is an organic part. |
| Keywords: | New Communication Technologies, Journalism Practice, Digital Age |
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